Vince Clark, a spokesman for Pfleger, told Cybercast News Service Wednesday that the pastor wasn't aware of the violent connotation of "snuff" and didn't mean to threaten bodily harm. (Listen to Pfleger's comments)
"I've never heard that compared before with the word murder," Clark said. "He [Pfleger] was never aware of that. If that was the case he would never have used that language."
Right, Vince. The guy lives in da hood, throws out street slang like "the Benjamins," and no one has any idea what snuffing someone out means. And for gun owners to protest this lunatic's rantings "is uncalled for."
As for that Church hierarchy we're hoping will do something about this:
James Accurso, a spokesman for the Chicago Archdiocese...told Cybercast News Service that the church had no plans to take disciplinary action against Pfleger.
No, of course not. They're afraid of him, afraid he'll make a big stink, leave the priesthood and take his congregation with him. They have abdicated all authority for St. Sabina. It's no longer God's house, it's Mike Pfleger's. The rogue is calling the shots.
OK, what about the "authorized journalists," like our pals at The Trib? Nope, nothing there about this controversy, and that's no surprise to those of us who have been paying attention. Yuri Orlov gave us the reporter's reaction yesterday in a comment to a related post:
"Thank you for writing. If you read my story, you saw that I included very little of what was said at this rally. I was assigned to cover this story and assigned a certain amount of space for it. I did not include Father Pfleger's comments because I did not find them germane to the subject. I also will say it did not strike me as a threat of imminent violence. It sounded like a typical rally speech."
Well, we can see how much help we can count on there.
And what about the tax exempt issue reported by WarOnGuns? Forget coverage by any major media. And if you look at the links to that post, not many gun bloggers consider it meriting a mention, either, although I am grateful to KABA for posting it, as well as you few others.
Ah well. We do what we can.
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Armed and Safe (45superman has done a great job spreading the word and posting to forums. Many thanks, Kurt.)
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Many thanks, Kurt
No, sir--thank you. You're giving this issue vastly more exposure (or "snuffing" it more, as Vince Clark might say) than I ever could on my own--and the tax angle is something I would never have managed.
Yesterday I made mention of the fact that this abomination of a man may be a priest, but he was no Christian. Well, it turns out he isn't much of a priest either. You don't have to be in da hood to understand "snuff out".
As many damn candles as Catholics light and he doesn't know what "snuff out" means. He is a liar, an inciter to murder, a terrorist and a coward.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=ontv&id=5356601
Pfleger is going to get a special venue to talk about his ideas to curb city violence on ABC 7 next week.
Just imagine if a supporter of this gun store had said that Pfleger needed to be snuffed out, and furthermore that legislators who refuse to defend the Constitution should be snuffed out also. We'd be neck-deep in the s***storm by now.
By the way, I don't know any street slang. What exactly are "the Benjamins?"
By the way, I don't know any street slang. What exactly are "the Benjamins?"
I assume it's money--a reference to Benjamin Franklin's face on $100 bills.
Nathan--yes, thank you--45superman has posted on this (click on his name and then go to his "Armed and Safe" blog via his profile) and I'll be doing a follow-up tomorrow trying to gin up support for sending a protest comment to the station's website.
Alandp--Word, homey. 45s is right--Google "All About the Benjamins".
I must be doing it wrong. All I have are Lincolns, and they're metallic.
if the church would cover up rape, molestation, and sodomy, why wouldn't they cover up murder?
There's a special place in hell for "people" like this jackoff.
Perhaps a protest with nice LOUD soundsystem playing his quote in front of the church before, during, and after mass would be appropriate. If this turd can rationalize breaking that commandment, how about the other 9?
I guess it all comes down to are we surprised that someone associated with the "reverend" would perpetuate something, in this case violence, for his own gain. The two tiered system proves itself again. Almost hope some 'banger tries something so we can pressure the feds to take care of this whole criminal conspiracy being perpetrated against honest decent Americans.
When I turn blue remind me that holding my breath while waiting is pointless.
Be sure to check out the Hannity and Colmes segment about Pfleger's threats against Riggio.
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